The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-24 00:00:00

I NAVAL NEWS. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship Derwent from the West Indies. Arrived this day the William and Catherine, -, from Oporto ; Kitty, GIBBONS, from Youghail ; ;Villiam and Thomas, EWENS, from Waterford ; ; and the George and Ann, JONES, from Cork. FA L MOUTH, A 110.2 I .—Arrived the Duke of Port !and packet, from Lisbon, in six days. The Prin cess Charlotte packet arrived at Lisbon on the i !tit lastant. DEAL, AUG. 23.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Arzo to Portsmouth. HARWICH, AUG. 23.—Arrived the Phwnix dis patch boat with letters from the island of Walche ren. No news of impOrtance. Sailed the Diara packet to Gottenburgh, Artived a Mail from Lisbon. • GREENOCK, AUG. I.—ln . our last we had the happiness to announce the safe . arcival of the Clyde division of the Leeward Island fleet ; and this day We can congratulate oUr 'reaiers upon the safe ar rival of the fleet from Janiaici, also, richly laden. Arrived at Port, Glasgow, the Minerva, MA L . coLm, from Virginia ; sailed thence 'the 10th July, in company with the Jeanie, M`Kzsite; and Coorza, both for Clyde ; parted two days after The Thetis, VIRGIN', arrived here yesterday morn ing from New-York ; sailed thence 10. th July._ Left the Dicutd, MILREA, loading for Glasgow. The Neptune, Sistrra, Of this'port ; and Pandora, ANDERSON, are tako round Cape Horn. '19.1e Mas ter of the Petition:, supercargo, and sixteen men were killed, after an engagement of three hours. By the Spanish Patriot, DUItELL, Master, 'which left Cadiz the 2d inst. we have rec..lved the follow ing communication : A British Officer of rank, who was in the pro vince 'of, Catalonia, sounded the disposition of the inhabitants on the subject of public defence. He had scarcely imparted his sentiments before he raised 700 men, and in a few days 7000 were. colleEted round the standard of FERDINAND. Thus circum ,stanced, he wrote to Seville, requesting that twelve or fnuiteen Officers should be sent to organize this new levy, but his letters were not attended to, and tor want of leavers the - recruits dis b anded." This account is contirMed by a Gentleman who left Cadiz also on the cd inst. He says; that Offi cers only are, wanted, and that the zeal of the lower ranks is so. ardent, that a few Proclamations in po pulous distrias would soon raise an army adequate to the entire expulsion of the enemy. He observes, that great complaints were made by the English of the deficient supply of necessaries; but he added, that the exertions of the ,Junta were now in some degree proportioned to the urgency of the occasion,. All the cars and mules in the neighbourhood of Cadiz and Seville had been put in requisition, to transmit the supplies, and the quarantine ships from America had been dispensed with. Nine vessels of the United . States, laden with tobacco, corn, and other important articles, were to discharge their cargoes -without amy regard to qu;-n - antitie, in order that the txpeaations of the British army might not be dis appointed. . , COALS.---The Proprietors of the Collieries in the North, have for a long lime raised the price of c(;hls (LI libitum. This power they have used with so Ettle discretion, that tIA.t price of the best has in creased, since the year.l796, from t6s. to 345. per chaldron. The last advance of 4s. per chaldro n was in February this year. The ship-owners in the trade, who purchase their cargoes for re-sale, con sidering this advance as unjustifiable, determined to resist the demand, and this resolution they still per severe in. The coal-owners not being able to find purchasers at the advanced price, can only send to market small quantities in a few freighted ships.-- 7 y this the import is so far curtailed, that at present it is near 200,000 chardrons short ot the usual Tian thy, u p try the end of thiS presPoc month. The "thug supply is consequently the true and only cause 'lf the high prices. A report has, indeed, been in k instriously circulated, that it i 3 o',Virig to a .want of sh ips that this necessary article of consumption does not come to market ; but thiF, is not the tart--thereare more shi ps than are •o. , anted, and plenty of coals, Which are l yinginheaps (in a state of detcrio . ration f rom the sian rain) that are not shipped,.. . vnerely In consequence of Cie . dispute' occasioned by the a dvance.' It is reported that - measures are taking to bring th!s matter before the' Leuislature, which Nill develope aid the circumstances, .and lay the whole cise befcre the Pubhc ; and it is to be hoped that a remedy will be tion b e found to preient any imposi ing forced upon the inhabitants of the metro polis in this necessary article of life. The inve.teraey of the Danish Government has re cently shewn itself in the rigour observed by the commercial police of Norway. The following is an extraa from a l etter by the Master of a Vessel Just arrived from that country :—" All ships car ried in are condemned, as well in ballast as with `argues---3 English, 3 Pappeubargh, t Prussian, s_ Oideubilrgb, 33 Americans, have been carried in, 3 everal Oldenburgh and Pappenburgh vessels, which Were loaded at Alandaht, and got out, were after wards captured, and taken back again, and are eit itte.tl to be col3lemsted.7 PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 23.—His Majesty's ship De fnler has detained and sent into this port the Die Guthe, SAIIIE, laden with salt,. from Liverpool fqr, Rut te, dam. His Majesty's ship Hardy is appointed convoy to• the Downs.- YEIUTAS, ET P.REPALEI3IIII. VELLORE MUTINY. •• The Public will no doubt recolle& Wizen the Vellore Mutiny broke out in the year i 806, that an, opinion 'Prevailed in this Country (to quote the lan guage of the charge) that it was occasioned "By • the wanton and needless violation y . the religious usages of the Native Troops," contained in the Code of Military Regulations of the Government of Madras, prohibiting the Sepoys (when on pa rade) from wearing ear-rings, and marks of cast ; directing uniformity, as far as was practicable, in the cut of their whiskers; and likewise ordering, with a view to their coinfo'rt and greater convenience, when on seriice, that an alteration should be made in the .shape of their turban, so as to render it exiWy similar to the one already worn by Major BoSe'S regiment of Sepoys, as was likewise done in the year 1793, with much advantage, in the Native Cavalry. Under this notion, the Court Of Direaors of the _East India Company removed from their respective offices those 'meritorious Officers, Lord Williath Bentinck, Governor of Madras, Sir John Craddock, Commander in Chief, Colonel Agnew, Adjutant- General, and Major Pierce, Deputy ditto, and re called them home. A very stria inquiry since their arrival has lately been instituted by the Court into all the circumstance of the 'case, and we are happy to say, that atter several weeks 'laborious invesliga 7 lion, it has terminated in a manner most honourable to all the parties accused. The Court, in Resolutions on the 'Chse of each individual, (dated 'the 25th of last month) have acquitted them entirely of any such violation', de claring that the orders '(in loth par. sec. 11.) iipeCting marks of cast, arc. contained nothing in them but what was sanetioned by the pra&ice of the best regulated Corps in the Army for many years past. " That it has clearly appeared that this re gidation 'had no elle& in producing the Mutiny.— ..4nd that the tartan also had nothing in it contrary to cast." • I't►e qUestion is thus finally decided, and these distinguished Officers, by the above resolutions, are übiolved , froth the unfounded imputation under they so Undeservedly laboured, and " declar ed..neither in intention, or by a 6, to have violated in an shape the religious usages of the _Natives." We do not enter further upon the subject of the Mutiny, because it would lead to a discussion of a delicate nature, and unnecessary to the object of the fbregoing statement. TE ATBY , AUG. 20. This delightful place is now crowded Withcorn pany, inhaling health and 109gevity, from the breezes which circulate over the romantic cliff and rocks around us. A new Theatre has added it at tractions to the natural beauties of Tenby ; but the constant and incessant rains which have prevailed lately, have interrupted the usual rides to Manor bur, Carew, Staepoole, Lawrenny, and the other, interesting spots in our neighbourhood. An unfor tunate accident occurred here lately : a public= spirited gentleman of the name of Paxton, had at a considerable expeuce, built some handsome hot baths, for the convenience of persons resorting here, they were just opened, when, in consequence of the flues being overheated, they unfortunately caught lire, and the whole structure was desrroyed. The owner has; therefore, to begin again, or he must re- linquish entirely,' the profit of those gains, which in the end, will amply reimburse him his costs. - The whole conversation at present, is engrossed by the: approachingcontest for Pembroke, to which place Tenby is a contributory Borough. Sir Hugh Oven, Bart. who died about ten days ago, at his neighbour ing seat, at Orielton, has lett his great estates, in this county, and Angle.ea, of the value of 10,0001.. a year, quit e f ree an d unincumbered, together with other effects to the amount of 8 . 0,0001. to hi s cous i n , Mr. Lord, a yo un g Barrister of proini,ing talents.— Besides this, Sir Hugh has bequeathed his o arma ,_ thenshire estate, worth two thousand a year, exclu sive of thF collet ics, to his uncle, Mr. Colby, and 80,0001. to his mother, and vO,OOOl. to Mrs. Lord, being the savings of a long ruin rity. The. seat fur Pembroke being vacant by his deivti, his successor at Orielton, Mr. Lord, has announced hiniSell as a cludidate, and is opposed by Colonel Allen, of Cres sAly, who is backed by Lords Milford, Kensington, and _Ciwdor. The consequence is, that Mr. Lord is the popular man ; and great doubts are en t erta in ed, whether the powerful combination against him will not, atter all, decline entering the lists aglinst the long established interest of the House of Orielton. Sir Hugh was bdried on Friday last. The funeral sans one of the most magnificent ever seen, being at tended by all his tenantry, and -the conic - con-council men, and burgesses of Pembroke and Tenby, form ing altogether, a cavalcade of many thousand people. In the-course . . of another- year, great improvements are expected at Orielton, from the superintendance of Mrs. , Lord, of whom report speaks as a lady not only of the greatest personal beauty, but also of the most finished taste, and accomplished manners. POLICE. 'HATTON-GA P.M:Y.-Yesterday Mary SP Bean and Mary Griffith Were charged with encouraging theft in a servant girl in the employ of Miss Abraham, dress-maker and muslin warehouse-keeper, in Hol born. M'Bean kept apartMents in th e S tran d , had frequent access to the girl, and persuaded her to, pilfer articles out of the shop. She gave her 6s. for an article worth 2 Oi. There was a great quantity of goods found on M'Bean, which were brought to the Office, and identified, besides several seals, and a watch. They were committed for re examination. WoRSIIIP 7 STRE ET.—Yesterday Martha Leslie was fully committed to Newgate for trial, charged with going into die shop of Mr. Saunders, in Old-street, under pretence of making a purchase, bat stealing two shawls. , A smart young man named Edwards, alias Tay lor, was committed for trial, charged .with robbing .the premises of Mr. Page, in Norton-Falgai e , of a large quantity of *linen, blankets, :Ind other :12.- •ticles. CbTE.Xf-G--111Dir; TRE.I.TRE. . . Within, these few days a great part of the scaf.felj ing has been re*oved frorn the front of Covent-Gar den Theatre, , which is now nearly finished. Two sheds, on each side cf the portico, which hhd been erecied for the acconimodation of the Sculptois, have also been taken down, and thus has been exposed to view the elegant pieces Of emblematic sculpture which have afforded much gratific.ition to the ama teurs, and have greatly excited the . curiosity of the public. . . - Ctowd.s aSSernble every da'y in Bow-street, to view the:Se spe'CiMens of the fine arts, which are repre sentations of the ancient and the tnoderii Drama, in basio•relievo. The designs are classical, and the execution masterly, and the following short account of the sahjeals Will, we ate persuaded, prove inte resting to our readers. The piece representing the Ancient Drama is to the north of the portico, and that representing the Modem Drailia is 'oil the south THE ANCIENT DRAMA. In the centre, three Greek Poets are sifting, the two looking towards the portico, are Aristoplianes, representing the (51d Comedy, and (nearest to the spec ator) Menander, representing the New Come dy. Before them Thalia presents herself with her crook and comic mask, as the objet of their imita tion. She is followed by Polyhymnia playing on the greater lyre, Euterpe on :the lesser lyre, Clio with the long pipes, and Terpsichore, the Muse of Aalian or Pantomime. These are succeeded by three Nymphs crowned with the leaves of the fir pine, and in succinct tunics, representin g the hours or seasons, governing and attending the winged horse Pegasus. - . The third sitting figure in the centre; looking from the portico, is ./sclaylus, the Father of Tragedy. He :holds a scroll open on his knee ; his attention is fixed on Wisdom, or Minerva, seated opposite'to the Poet. ...She is distinguished by her helmet and shield. Be tween i-Eschylus and Minerva, Bacchus stands leaning on his fawn, because the Greeks represented Trage dies in honour of Bacchus. ' Behind Minerva stands MelpOmene, or Tragedy, holding a sword and mask ,•• then follow two Furies, with snakes and torches, pursuing Orestes, who stretches his hands to suppli cate Apollo for proteclion. Apollo is-represented in_ the q u a d r i ga , or f o ur h ors ed chariot Of the Sun. The last described figures relate to part of 'Eschylus's Tragedy of Orestes. THE MODERN DRAMA. In the centre, (looking from .the Portico) Shake speare is sitting; the Comic and .Tragic, Masks, with the Lyie, are about his seat; his right hand is raised, expressive of calling up the following Characters in the Tempest :—First, caliban, • laden wood; next Ferdinand, sheathing his sword ; then Miranda, entreating Prospero iu.behalf of her lover; t neyare led on by Ariel above, .playing on a lyre. This part of the composition is terminated by. Hecat e (the three-formed Goddess) in her car, drawn by oxen, descending. She is attended by - Lady Macbeth,. with the daggers in her hands, followed by Macbeth turning in horror from , the body of Duncan behind him. In the centre, looking towards the portico, is Mil ton; seated, contemplating Urania, according to hiS own description in the Paradise Lost. crania is seated, facing him above; at his feet is Sampson Agonistes chained. The remaining figures reprent the Masque of Comns-; - the two brothers drive ont . three Bacchanals, with their staggering leader Co mos• Toe Enchanted Lady is seated in the chair, and the series is ended by two Tygers, representing' the transformation of Comus's devotees._ The designs of• both Bassn,rehevoa, and the model of the ancient Drama, are by Mr.. Flaxinan. The model of the Modern) Drama, and the execu tion in stone,. by Mr. Ilossi.. . The statues representing Tragedy ail Comedy, intended for the niches in the wings of the Theatre, are completed, and, we underst?ind,, will be put up OR Saturday next. We hove been favoured with a sight of these figures, ea of which is seven feet high. Tragedy, which is to isccnpv the Mal in the south- . • ern extremity of.the building, or that nearest to litts ,- sell-street, is a fine figure holding the Tragic mask and dagger, The scuipt9r i 3 Mr. Rossi. Comedy holds the shepherd's crook or peduth, on her right Olou?der, and the comic mask in her left hand. This statue, which is the workmanship of Mr. Flaxman, is to be placed in the filch in the northern extremity of the nuilding next to Long Acre.- There was last night as large an andience to the representation of Up all Night, 'at tilt: Lyceum, as has been seen since the op et ii, of th.ft theatre, and the performers in general 'seemed. fu be animated by the number of auditors, foi- they . manifested as much zeal as they had never appeared in the piece before. The new opera forthcoming al the Lyc' , Aini,: is avowed pro,ftwtion of Mr. I.*li*Eoilopi: and the music will, of cow - it.; come a tiic; ve teran his father. . . Mr. POPE, the .Alior, has been performing at Southampton, and is gone upon. an es.cursion to the Isle of Wight, not without a view to the scenery of Nature, in order to animate the.pro,luctions of his pencil. Saturday seinnight, at a numerons'meeting.of the Gentlemen of Berwick and it Vicinity, convened for the purpose of considering !Impropriety of 'making a rail-road from the Monkland Canal to Berwick, a liberal subscription was entered into for defrlying the expellee of the survey. The PRINCg PaIMATH of the Confederation of the Rhine, has sent gold and silver medals to Spain, to be distributed among those of his officers and sol diers, serving tinier the command of the Duke of BELLUNO, who have distinguished themselves most in the late battles. On Saturday last, John Boyd, found guilty at Northumberland. as: of uttering forged notes, was executed at Low Stanners, near Mf:rpeth, pur suant to hi amtence. He was taken to the place in a moortling coach, and being of the Roman catholic persuasion, was attended by a clergyman of that church, He apvedred p‘riviilv composed, and met his fate with nu rts•galtion, This young man Wab a 1 . 131 iye of and some !;413 9.t.C.Ci" in the arrq. IN; L ILVE SS, Au G. t B. intelligence, Of.* most distressing Apd awful rat:- Lure; his just reached, us. It would appe a r ; t h a t a great.many p e r sons froili,Pornoch, atitt other parts sit Sutherland, who were on their way"ti) attend the' Taira Market, on Wednesday last, mew imprudently crowded into the passage boat at She Mtikle Ferry, to the number-of from t oo Cm ito, being consi-' derably beyond 'its purthen: Unfortunately, how; , ever, Trent an 'anxiety to get across, an anxiety too common in such cases, they were insensible to the imminent danger to which they were abOut to pose thetbselvei ; toe they had scarcely proceeded half way from the shore, when, dreadful to relate, the boat sunk, and all on board perished, except five persons. We have not yet learnt the particu lars of this truly lamentable event ; but the n;isery and distress in which it must involve hundreds of our fellow creatures, cannot be contemplated s.v.th otit the most heart-rending sorrow. Mr. McCul loch, late Sheriff-substitute of Dornoch, is said to be among the unfortunate sufferers. • FOR THE SUN. Mr. EDITOR, In your Paper of August 1, I perceive, under the head of Admiralty Court, the trial of GoonALL versus Underwriters, that you make ►lr. HuTcn- INGS appear ag Mare of the Vessel, when, - in lad ; he was only a passenger on board, and had not any charge until after the death of.the Captain, which was not, as stated in. your Paper, on the passage to Baltimore, , but at Baltimore, and w hen nearly the Vessel was discharged ; he attet•waras got her loaded with cotton, and brought her safe to Liverpool. B. K. C. FOOT RACING.—A grand match for 1000 guineas will take place on Monday next, betwixt Jones, the celebrated Lancashire man, and Jonathan Pollard, i he known runner. The parties are backed by taro Gen tlemen amateurs, antithe distance is twenty miles, which the winner is backed to do in two hours and ten minutes. Mr. DoWNF, the pedestrian, finished a task of 70 miles a day, fcr six days, at Dorchester, on Saturday last, by which he has %VW; 200 SPORTIxG.—The reports from the moors seem to he, that the game is scarce ; particularly in the Eng lish moors, .where the practice of burning the heath, ftir the pui rose of producing fresh vegetation, pre vails. To the birds it is'ir Very destructive method. In the Scotch moors, the game has been much more plentiful, .particularly is . those parts which are re moved-from conveyance - to great towns.—Partridges are itigencrsl thought to,be scarce, and the breed ing season a bad one ; but the extreme lateness of the harvest must prevent the ascertainment of this till the corn is more cut, as there may be many broods. totally unseen .as-yer. COURSING.—The possessor of the I:irgest and the finest stud of greyhounds is said nbw t: be Lord RIVERS, Who bas nearly 25 brace of running cic,gs. Some -weeks ago; Major TopnAm, the owner of Snowball, it is said, was down with his Lt , rdshif e i in specting them, and dec4ared that he thid never seen finer dogs in his life, nor any more highly bred.— Lord limns's celesrated dog I la as arnongst the ntlmber. Nothing can exceed the Ligt: order in which they are-hept. ColuneflovELAcg is reported to have one of the fleetest greyhounds now in•Engla,,d, and allowed to 'be so In Norfolk, by Mr. HAMMOND, and others. She wa,i got by Mr. Mellish, sot 91 old Suowbull, and is said to be very beautiful, though very small, which makes her speed the more femal kable. • The 'Coursing Meetings are now'grown so numer ous in rill the open parts of the southern counties, and the sport is getting . so much it fashion, that ari amateur of the diversion finds it difficult to get from one meeting to another in due time. Cropley and Powell are matched to fight for 100 guineas within a month, half forfeit. The following match has been made at the last Stafford . Agricultural Meeting :—Mr. Vyse to sheur a Herefordshire bull, the property of Mr. Walker, of Burton, in Worcestershire, against a long horned bull belonging to Mr. Meek, fix : one hundred gui. peas each.' At Marlborough-street a Mr. DICKONS was held to ithil'on Monday evening, for meeting to fight a duel with a Mr. CLOVE, in a field near Chalk Farm, on Monday morning. Mr. D. was secured by two peace officers, when preparing to fire ; but his anta gonist escaped. A. laJy of the name of FULLER, on whose account the dispute originated, gave notice of the intentions of the partie6. Early on Wednesday morning last, WILLIAM WHEELER, Esq. of Lewes, one of the Coroners, in a fit 0; insanity, threw himself into the river near that town, and was unfortunately drowned. His body was taken out of the water in less than eight minutes, but every effort to restore life proved inef fe6tual. The deceased was a man univefgaliy re speaed both in public and private life. Five csoeli. dates have already started for the situation. .Tuesday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, as two young men were 'crossing the fields going to Depttord from Peckham Fair, they were ,attaAted by three men, who attempted to rob them, and whom they beat off. • On Tuesday se'nuight, the noted James Mallon, alias Maguire, alias Wilson, alias 'Dunn, who had been admitted a pensioner of Greenwich Hospital, was executed at 'Armagh, in front of the prison there, for cow stealing, pursuant to his sentence. This. on fortunate man became, at the last extremity, peni tent, and shewed a sense of religion becoming a more improved,•Mind : he acknowledged his guilt, 'and that be had been concerned in almost every rob bery and bad crime (murder excepted) that, had been committed, for several yea7 - s past, in the counties of Armagh and Antrim he lamented much that it was the inconstancy of his wife that first pro-. duced in him thii.abandonment. At the late Gloucester Assizes, Messrs. Pitt and Co. proprietors of the brass-mill on the river Avon, near Bristol, obtained a verdi6t, with 10,0001. da. mages, against the Bristol lkck Company, as co:a. pensation for the loss sustameti by having the whole of the water drained from their mill by the r:cent improvements in the port of Bristol. Tuesday- night, about ten o'clock, a young nrm about 20 years ot,rge, put an end to his existence hanging himself in a cellar of 3,1 r. 4zt.i*d, Groctr, on Liu